Twitter DM character limit liberation spells opportunity for botnets London security researcher Paul Amar has built a tool capable of exploiting Twitter's extended direct messaging function for covert botnet command and control. Amar created Twittor which allows attackers of white or black hats to create a fleet of compromised machines that can communicate, receive instructions, and update over …
Thanks El Reg and Jimmy Wales, or else I'd never have heard of this, my new reason to live. Especially intrigued by episode thirty seven, ""When Communications Weren't The Best" - Roobarb builds and launches the most amazing satellite."
Did Custard ever mean anything in comm's jargon, or was custard always just custard?
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